Capital Account - 11/10/11

Published time: 11 Nov, 2011 18:44 Edited time: 11 Nov, 2011 22:44

Capital Account - 11/10/11

­The sick man of Europe: yesterday Greece, today Italy, tomorrow any number of possibilities. Meanwhile, we see more comparisons of the US economy to Japan’s Lost Decade. We speak to Steve Keen, economics professor and author of Debunking Economics, who saw these events all coming years in advance. Why did so many other economists miss them and why might their training mean they’ll continue to? And as we see Occupy Wall Street protests continue, should people be occupying economics departments at universities, too?